The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1953
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
8:20 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.12° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.